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Gratifying Reports Presented at Annual Meeting on Thursdayâ€" New Laundry Was Equipped and Large A-ontlxpndotlinnupiulrnmhulp § â€"The annual meeting of the Ladies‘ ceipts from all sources amounted to Mospital Auxiliary whs held yesterâ€" $1941.38. _ day afternoon in the Hospital with a‘ The cost of _ installation of our large attendance of members. splendid new _ laundry was paid out Accounts _ amounting _ to $152.14 of the year‘s income as Was also the: were passed to pe paid and $19.00 closing in of the sunâ€"rooms and pubâ€" was â€" received as fees. . The buying lic ward. The amount expended . on ~_.ithe for the month are Mrs. J. laundry was $2048.86 which left _ a Brandt with the president. balance of $1335, expended on linen, Gratifying reports were presented bedding, eutlery, china, screens, linolâ€" from Miss ‘Oelschlager, the president, eums, utensils, repairs, etc., making Mrs. Marrin _ the Treasurer, . Mrs. the total expenditure $3384.01 _ and Ruby the â€" Secretary. the Waterloo showing a balance on hand of $2408.â€" _ Accounts amounting . to $152.14 were passed to pe paid and $19.00 was â€" received as fees. . The buying committee for the month are Mrs. J. Brandt with the president. OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR WERE REâ€"ELECTED Gratifying reports were presented from Miss ‘Oelschlager, the president, Mrs. Marrin _ the Treasurer, . Mrs. Ruby the â€" Secretary, the Waterloo Young Ladies‘ Auxiliary and the Elâ€" mira _ Auxiliary. Votes of thanks were tendered to the young Ladies‘ Auxiliary â€" of Waterloo, the Elmira Auxiliary, the Press of the city, Mr. J. B. Weaver for auditing the books, the St. Peter‘s Lutheran church for their ‘Thanksgiving offering and . the retiring officers. Mrs. Geo. â€" Rumpel was designated to act as presiding officer, and on motion of Mrs. Rumpel, seconded py Mrs. C. H. Doerr, and carried unaniâ€" mously the officers were all reâ€"electâ€" ed, namely. Hon.â€"Pres.â€"Mrs. A. J. Gaber. Pres.â€"Miss L. Oclschlager. Ist Vice Pres.â€"Mrs. C. N. Huether Assist.â€"Treas.â€"Mys. P. Pearce. 1 Assist.â€"Sec.â€"Mrs. A. T. Scheidel. “ Assist.â€"Rec.â€"Sec.â€"Mrs. W. C. Bocse i ‘The meeting then adjourned. £ President‘s Aderess. | To the members of the Berlin and ;. Waterloo Hospital Auxiliary. On mh;-" occasion of this the @nnual mecting n§| the Auxiliary, â€" it affords me much | pleasure to report on a year of pn»i gress and prosperity. The work perâ€"! formed bas been of the usual order | and _ the â€" present â€" condition of! the Auxiliary convinces not only the members, â€" but the gencrar public as well that it is one of continued useâ€" fulness. . The â€" meetings _ which were hel 1| monthly were â€" fairly attended _ and considerable busincss has peen | disâ€", posed of. _ The membership receipts | show an increase while the proceeds | of the annual tagâ€"day collections also shows a _ very substantial gain over the previous year, a fact which was realized beyond the most sanguine expectations of every one. The _ reâ€" 4th Vice Pres.â€"Mrs. H. L. Treas.â€"Mrs. E. Marrin. Sec.â€"Mrs. C. Ruby. Rec.â€"Sec.â€"Mrs. L. Sattler Assist.â€"Treas.â€"NMis. P. Pe: Assist.â€"Sec.â€"Mrs. A. T. S Assist.â€"Rec.â€"Sec.â€"Mrs. W. ‘The meeting then adjourne 3rd Mrs. Kilroy was the guest of n'ln,-l tives â€" and friends â€" in Toronto over; Thanksgiving. ! Mrs. E. F. Seagram and her bro ther, Lieut. J. S. Maclachlan of the 34th Battalion, London, were weekâ€" end visitors _ with their mother _ at Guelph. Dr. and Mrs. _ J. H. Webb several days in New Yors City week. The Misses Black, of Hanulton and | Miss Marjory and Mr. Jas. Black ufl Toronto, were the guests of Rev. D. A. MacKeracher over Thanksgiving. | Mrs. L. Bricker and Master James Ogilvey were the guest of Mr. _ and Mrs. Lincoln Goldie at Guelph over the holiday. Mr. Norman _ Howie, of Toronts was a weekâ€"end visitor with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Howie. Mr. Edwin Dotzert of Hespeler wa in Waterloo over the weekâ€"end. Vice ENT WORK OF LADIES AUXILIARY FOR B. & W. HOSPTAL Pres.â€"Mrs. A. Lang Pres.â€"Mrs:. E. E. Janzer L LA . ic cocbdihonaParer esd ooks, _ Your grateful thanks is due to the for Waterloo Young Ladies‘ Auxiliary, the the Elmira Auxiliary and those cheetâ€" ful helpers at St. Jacobs, Conestogo, rated Bridgeport, Breslau and Berlin _ who d on so â€" materially assisted | in lagâ€"day d py operations, also to the Press _ for naniâ€" their kindly _ help in _ all matters lectâ€" touching on _ the Auxiliary‘s work. . The ever friendiy coâ€"operation of the . Superintendent â€" Miss Rodgers cannot be overâ€"cstimated. She has helped in ether a great measure to stimulate _ the imembers in â€" their desire to give to Bowâ€"| the _ Berlin and _ Waterloo Hospital ]Auxihary the earned reputation as a nzen.‘charitable organization | it now _ enâ€" rrlaâ€"! Mr. Gordon Motherall of Detroit i over| spending a few : days with his par fents here. t ‘The â€" administration of the affairs of the Hospital _ Auxiliary therefore shows the usual care and discretionâ€" nothing being pought which was thought unnecesSary. 0 Uth joy 5 You are now «C sact the pusiness in‘ retiting as y only say that t the past vear ha Waterlo * ~ LoUIsE OELSCHLAGER, President. Berlin, October 14th, 1915. + Secretary‘s Report. The Ladics‘ Hospital Auxiliary held ten regular meetings during the past: year, _ with _ an atltendance ranging from six to thirtyâ€"two members, beâ€" ing an average of cleven. _ The _ Auxiliary has increased its niembership from â€" thirtyâ€"five to fifty fiw, which swelled the amount Te ceived in fees from fortyâ€"five to sev entyâ€"two dollars. â€" . uis uin it is cmd ‘The usual â€" activities of the Auxilâ€" iary were well sustained during . the vear. Mr. Wilkie Hogg of Waterio0, WNO has te°n â€" employed with the Heintzâ€" man Piano Company of Toronto, bas been _ transferred to their Hamilton branch. He spent Sunday at his Mr. Harry Hahn of Sunday in town. Sunday in town. EmRnmmtieds ‘ «â€"â€" Mrs. W. E. Woelfie, an occupant of ‘The following young ladies and genâ€"|the car at the time of the accident tlemen _ from the _ various Colleges|recalled seeing the boy on the _ cutp spent the Thanksgiving holidays in|and said that he turged suddenly and Watetloo, Miss Mary Valentine and \darted across ‘the street towards his Miss Adg Snidet of the Ontario LAdâ€"|home without noticing the oncoming ies‘ College, Whitby. Miss Marjorie|car. She thought that Mr. McBrine Carthew of RBishop Strachan School,| plew the horn when passing the group Toronto, Messrs. Grant Harper, Wnâ€"‘ol boys. ‘They were not going over tal College, â€" George Bricker, Schooll ten miles an hour, according to . her of Science, and Melvin and Clarence statement. Snider â€" of Toronto Uniwersity. ‘_‘Three â€" of the young lads who had . PWV PaÂ¥ z032L past are now called upon to tranâ€" ie pusiness of this meeting and ring as your President, 1 can ay that the gratifying work of st year has given me the utâ€" pleasure and 1 sincerely _ hope ixiliary may in future continue useful adjunct of the Berlin & oo Hospital. ~LOUISE OELSCHLAGER, here ANNIE M. RUBY, Secretary. waterloo, who London spent . Adam E. Rats, of Tavistock, |"~" _ _ ....n.:-uduwfl,ll- SWA McDougall. es‘ ** â€" Captain and Mrs. Ounningham _._'.:‘J Mr. Oharles Warnock ‘was 4 ness visitor in town on Monday. Mrs. Fred Kelly has returned to Guelph after a delightful visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Clement, Berlin, where she was warmly _ greeted by . her hosts . of Twinâ€"City friends. Miss Bethune of Toronto is a YiS! tor at the home of Rev. D. A. an Mrs. MacKeracher, TROWâ€"At New York, Sept. 29, to Mr. and Mrs. Clare . Trow, (nee Miss Rose Wing,) a $0D. Mrs. A. G. Hachnel and son Masâ€" ter William are visiting ber sister at Toronto for a few days. Montreal. Miss Lilian Yungblut is a guest of her brother, Mr. Wesley Yungblut, at Miss â€" Eloise Noecker to Ingersoll where she of the Collégiate staff. Miss Emma Kaatz was a guest of London _ and Stratford friends | last week,. Mr. and Mrs. Hedley Hilborn _ re turned to Brooklyn, N.Y., last Wed nesday, after a week‘s visit at "El lerslie‘ _ with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Howie, and also with Mrs. H. C Hilborn, Berlin Mrs. Fred Groff,, of Winnipeg, and / the Misses Milne, of Sarnia, have arâ€" rived for the â€" Snyderâ€"Hodgins wedâ€" ding, which happy event takes place next Wedresday at the family residâ€" ence, George St., Waterloo ACCIDENT WAS UNAVOIDABLE Blew the Hotn. ‘The evidence of Mr. McBrine . was that he had turned off Young street on to Roy and blew the horn on seeâ€" ing the group of boys on the curb at the, right hand side of the road. The car was running well to the centre of the street and Mr. McBrine did not see the boy before he was right in front .of the wheels. It was then too late to blow the horn again. He put on the brakes at once and stopped the car, but could not say how _ far the car travelled. in stopping. He did not believe that the boy was hit by the front wheel but thought that the lguard struck him. ‘‘We, the jury empanelled to enâ€" quire _ into the death of Norman Anthes, after having obtained all the evidence available, find that he was struck ‘by an automobile driven by. Mr. L. McBrine while going . down Roy street in the City of Berlin and that the acciâ€" dent was unavoidable, the driver of the car having used every preâ€" caution and| we entirely exonerate him from all blame. Dr. Harry Lackner, to whose ofâ€" fice the boy was taken was next callâ€" ced and he stated that the boy . Wa brought there at about 2.15 o‘clock. (On examination _ he found the right leg to pe _ broken, three ribs broken‘ and a rupture of the spinal chord at the juncture of the head and the body resulting in what is generally known as a broken neck He believed life to be extinct at the time of examinaâ€" ition‘ Several means . of restoration, including the pulmotor were used inâ€" effectually . 1 90 mooeg been playing nearby told of having seen the _ boy on the street and al said that the front wheel of the car |passed over the lad‘s leg and one of | the tear wheels over his chest. _ Alt agreed that the auto was not travellâ€" ing fast and the hotn was plown. Coronet H. G. Lackner, who . preâ€" sided, summed up the evidence . after which the jury rendered the _ above verdict. The Crown was represented ny D. Shannon Bowlby. (Continued from Page 3, Col. 3.) PRESENTATION AT C. A. AHRENS CO.‘8 SHOE FACTORY of his by A presentation in the form of a handsome chair was made on Friday evening to Mr. J. Chalton, formerly foreman _ of _ the Abrens Shoe Co., Ltd., by his fellow workers. Mr. J. Chalton, who has been with this firm for _ over cight years, has accepted the _ Superintendency _ of the Woelfie She Co. As ~ mark of their appreci« ation his workers preésented him with the token. 7. GARNER, Foreman ker, has returned she is a member in Toronto nd ‘Toronto, Oct. 16. â€"At the banquet which was, held “ diningâ€"room of the Board of Ne nght o mark the inauguration of the "fpal drive jfor prohibition in Ontario‘ there was born the most serious wovement . in behalf of the temperâ€" ance cause that has _ ever been launched in Ontario. The wave _ of sentiment which has recently . swept across the Dominion from Victoria to the Lake of the Woods has finally stirred _ old Ontario to the boldest rnd most forward action ever underâ€" taken by the people of this Province. Provinceâ€"wide Petition. It was decided unanimously by . an assemblage of representative business men from all parts of Ontario, repreâ€" senting all shades of politics and reâ€" ligious persuasion, to circulate a petâ€" ition throughout the Province solicitâ€" ing the support of the entire electorâ€" ate for the abolition of hotel bars and club and shop licenses, . not only during the war, but for all time. Citizens Organize. ' ‘The presiding head at the btnquct‘ was â€" Mr. E. P. Clement of Berlin, who has accepted the Chairmanship of â€" the Committee of One Hundred elected at the afternoon conference. At the conclusion _ of the banquet ; exâ€"Controller McCarthy submitted a ‘|draft of an Executive of the Citizens Committee of One Hundred, and Sam Carter, M.P.P., of Guelph, then proâ€" posed â€" the resolution empowering the Executive in the name of the Comâ€" mittee of One Hundred. to take imâ€" mediate action along the determined lines already indicated. Officers of Executive. The Executive of the Citizens‘ Comâ€" mittee of One Hundred as clected last night consists of the following men: ‘TM four officers of the committee; E. P. Clement of Berlin, Chairman; Jas. Hale, Toronto, Viceâ€"Chairman; Newton Wylie, Toronto, Secretary, and Geo. Edwards, Toronto, Treasâ€" urer. VOTED $20,000 FOR RED CROSS FUND ho itb CHILDHOOD cure constipation of childhood. They: act as a gentle daxative, regulate the bowels and stomach and are absoluteâ€" ly safe. Concerning them Mrs. _ A. Crowell, _ Sandy Cove, N.S., writes: "I can strongly recommend Baby‘s Own Tablets to all mothers . whose littie ones are suffering from constiâ€" pation." The tablets are sold _ by medicine â€" dealers _ or by mail at 25 cents a box » from The Dr. Williams‘ to Wage War on All Tiquorâ€"Selling. Feet Were Scalded. A Bulgarian _ helper at the Dominâ€" ion Sugar Co.‘s factory had his feet severely scalded in one . of the vats at antearly hour this morning. It is }not. thought that amputation will e necessary. Medicine Co., Brockville Ont Four more torpedoed by two of them Baby‘s Own Tablets will promptly BOUR, ACID STUOKACHS GASES OR INDIGESTION Time it! In five minutes all stom:â€" ach distress will go. No indigestion, heartburn, sourness or belching of gas, acid, or eructations of undigested food, no dizziness, bloating, foul breath or headacho. Papé‘s Diapepsin !s noted for ita speed in regulating upset stomachs. It is the surest, quickest stomach remâ€" edy in the whole world and besides it is harmlees. Put an end to stomach trouble forever by getting a large fiftycent case of Pape‘s Diapepsin from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how needloss it is to sufâ€" fer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach Msorder. It‘s the quickest, surest@and most harmless stomach éoctor in the world. Each "Pape‘s Diapepsin" digests 300C grains food, ending aM stomach misery in five minutes. CONSTIPATION Germgn steamers were British submarines, and were sunk. T. KC. . c T A m!\‘ A Whirlwind : ""! B A RGA I NS Thursday, October 21st | Flannelette Blankets, Wool Blankets, Sweater Coats, Men‘s Fleeced Underwear, Wrapperettes, Cashmere Hose, Silks and Dress Goode See also Special Features that should interest the ECONOMIC BUYERS â€" Every Department has been carefully gone into, and many a seasonable article has been selected from all these Stocks and marked at EXTRA SPEâ€" CIAL SALE PRICES Railroad Fares returned on $10.00 and over purchases within a radius of 15 miles. 50 Ladies Suirts S.B. Bricker & Co. WE are going to be satisfied with Small Profits and Big Sailes in out Read yâ€"toâ€"wear Department. For two weers we are going to sell Ladies‘ Tailor made Suits at decided Reductions. All New Goods plain Gnrnmmmmmmm======= 1 jojlorod @310 fAUMCY SEVLES, HACGE 17 SEVZECS» Veivets w * * and Worsteas, Silk lined Coats, and neatly trimâ€" oo es med, many of them "Northway Garments‘. '*3' C These will be sold under regular prices as y‘ follows: Suits worth from $15.00, 20.00 to 25.00, for October Sale MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED Terms Cash. Everybody Come and Save Money and continues to the end of the month. INTERESTING PRICES O $12.00, 15.00 and 18.00 HANDSOME COATS /or Ladies, â€" Misses and Children A At no former season have we shown such a splendid choice of pretty Fall and Winter Coats. Early purchases has given us a stock of the most desirable garments and we have coats for Women and Misses which we could not secure again. We recommend an early selection to get good choice. Our Ladies‘ Furnishing Department is well stocked with all lines of Hosiery and Underwear for women and children. Prices are constantly goâ€" ing up, but early purchases have secured for us a good supply and at modâ€" erate prices. < Are on for our o m m e nc es CHILDREN‘S HOSE at LADIES‘ HOSE at MISSES COATS AT $6.50, $7.50, $10 CHILDRENS COATS AT $2.50, $3.00, Ladies‘ Coats LangBrosG~ Hosiery and Underwear at $8.50, $10.00, $12,50, $15.00, $18.00 to LADIES‘ AND CHILDREN‘S COATS are assortâ€" ed into three lots. _ One lot of Ladies‘ regular $10.00 and $12.00 Coats marked to ... ... s‘l.w Another $8.00 and $10.00 Coats for And a special line of children‘s at $7.50, $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 to .50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.50, $5.00 to Waterloo 20c, 25¢, 30c, 35¢ to 506 25¢, 30c, 35¢, 40c to 75¢ ©$495 $10.00